The Supreme Court recently ruled that corporations can have free and open rein to support or oppose political candidates with unlimited financial and marketing resources. In essence, the ruling reversed a campaign finance regulation that capped corporate contributions and marketing of presidential and congressional candidates. The danger of this ruling is equivalent to the deregulation of our banking system that resulted in the near collapse of our financial system and subsequent economic turmoil. Imagine the same thing happening with our political system, if those on Capitol Hill are bought and paid for by corporate America. Whose best interest do we think will be served?

The President and congressional leaders are vowing to fight back against the ruling. Members in both houses of Congress are considering legislative measures. Since the Supreme Court ruled that federal restrictions on corporate money for campaign advertisements violated corporations’ free speech rights, an amendment to the First amendment is also being considered.
 
This fight affects us all and is going to require each of us to get involved so that we as citizens aren’t stripped of our voice in this country. We cannot afford to sit back only to discover in hindsight that we’ve turned over control of our democracy to corporate America.